I had taken drama in school and university so acting the part was not difficult but people's stares and comments was agony. The ferry was not that cro...ded but Grandpa made a point of walking me around the lounge area and deck to humiliate me. At one point we were sitting near a group of older ladies and he made a point of making me stand up in front of him so that he could check my diapers. He chatted to me as if I were a child which only drew attention to what he was doing and to my horror the. " It's not easy arguing with a woman Mona's beauty, size andstrength, particularly when she's holding you suspended in midairtwo feet off the floor. I tried to point out that it made moresense to do her finances here at the gym as the records weregenerated, but she blew that argument out of the water with myown assertion that keeping her records up to date would onlyrequire about a half hour a day, and what was I going to do therest of the time? Offhand, I could think of half a dozen. "Die Idee war erst zwei Wochen alt. Vor drei Wochen hatte Ricky Timo wegen eines anderen Kerles verlassen. „Kurz vor Weihnachten", hatte Timo immer gedacht, „was für ein genialer Zeitpunkt."Mittlerweile war es ihm egal. In ihm loderte nur noch Hass. Nachdem er sich ein paar Tage die Augen ausgeheult hatte ob des Verlustes der geliebten Freundin, hatte er nur noch überlegt, wie er sich an ihr rächen könnte. Der Gedanke, dass dieser andere Typ es nun, wann und wie er wollte mit ihr treiben. I ambled over, awkwardly trying to lighten my steps. Mortimer, with his greying hair and black designer suit, clapped his hands together when he saw me. “Caroline,” he greeted me, “this is exactly what I’ve been hoping for. I’m so glad you could both settle your disputes.” I paled. Helen hadn’t…? The jingle of a spoon hitting on fragile glass told me she had, and all eyes were suddenly on us. “Ladies and Gentlemen,” Mortimer announced, “before we turn over the calendar to a new year, let me.